Can you spot the inclusion??? :)

[WinkHPD]

Date: 9/22/2008 1:55:44 PM
Author: Peanut Butter
OK....I received the stone this morning. I was both pleasantly surprised...as well as I had my fears come to fruition. The stoen cut was very nice (according to my eye), the color was phenomenal, and the size was perfect. The inclusion, however, was just too noticeable.

If you turned the stone in a clockwise direction ''twelve hours of the day'' in the circle, I could hardly see the inclusion. The other 12, I could barely see the diamond. The inclusion was VERY noticeable, and actually looked like a crack underneath the surface of the table...and just under the surface. I have no real diamond experience, but it seemed like it could be a durability issue as well. I didn''t even leave the post office parking lot. I packaged it right back up and sent it back...all within a half an hour. Now, I just need to make sure I get the credit back in my account.

I was thinking of you guys though, so I brought my camera and took several pictures. I will get them uploaded tonight when I get the cord I need.

Soooooooooooooo, back to the drawing board. Anyone have any insight for me? I know I have a tall order. But what if I were to up the budget to $3000? I need the stone to be in the neighborhood of 1.25 ct, and I need it to face up eye clean. (I know, I know)

By the way,

GOOD ON YOU for taking a look and letting your eyes do the walking!

Wink

 

[WinkHPD]

Date: 9/22/2008 3:17:00 PM
Author: glitterata
Depends what you mean by mostly. Depends who graded the diamond.

If it''s AGS or GIA, many SI2s and some I1s will be ''mostly'' eye clean, meaning either you can''t see anything without a magnifying glass, or you can but you have to look hard.

APPLAUSE! We have a WINNER!!

Good answer. Go to the head of the class, pass Go and collect $200.

 

[glitterata]

Thanks, Wink! Can I apply my $200 to my next Infinity purchase?

 

[Finally!]

Mike, a B&M jeweler/gemologist I met a few months ago told me a story that might help you:

An educated young couple came into the store to get an Ering and stone. They said they didn''t have much money to spend on it, since they were still in school, so she started to show them some .50 carat settings. They told her that they had a different plan... they would get a setting that the young woman loved, which required a large stone. The proprietress let them know that they wouldn''t be able to get a stone to fit it on their budget. They looked at each other and laughed, and said they were going to buy a BIG stone from her - they wanted the finest 1.25 ct CZ she could get for them! They told her that they knew most people would never be able to tell a nicely-kept CZ from a diamond, unless they were close-up to it.

They came in about a year later, and she asked, "Oh, so you''re ready for that diamond now?" and they replied, "No, we want a bigger CZ - we''re going for our PhDs!"

 

[motownmama]

I''m glad you saw for yourself! But, to make your search more efficient I''d work with one of the highly touted vendors from Pricescope. They won''t say it''s eyeclean if it glaringly isn''t.

 

[mommy2iz]

sorry to hear it didn''t work out, but kudo''s to you for checking it out for yourself! so much of all of this depends on your eyes - what you see + don''t see, what''s acceptable to you, etc. good luck with your search!

 

[kelpie]

this one is $2500 with ps discount and should face up a tad whiter with the florencense. HCA 0.9

This one''s a whopping 1.39 carats for $2562! HCA 1.4. I see 32 budget friendly choices in the ps search engine. You just can''t be a color snob.